Finding America
The chapter of colonial history of the United States explains the history of the land that would become the United States from the start of European settlement to the time of independence from Europe, and especially to the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain which declared themselves independent in 1776. Starting in the late 16th century, the Spanish, the British, the French, Swedish and the Dutch began to colonize eastern North America. Many early attempts, such as the Roanoke, ended in failure. Some of which provide no evidence for their failure and disappeared all together, but successful colonies were soon established. The colonists who came to America were not alike; they came from a variety of different social and religious groups, and settled in different locations mainly across the coast. The Dutch established New Netherland, the Swedish and the Finland’s established New Sweden, the Quakers established Pennsylvania, the Puritans established New England, and the English formed the famous Jamestown, as well as many others. Each group arrived at a different area and adapted their lives based on the geography of their area as well as the natural resources native to their area and established unique religious and social and political structures and bodies. One of the major exports for the colonies and is believed to be the life line of the colonies because if saved them from extinction is tobacco, which became highly demanded in the British and spanish nations.
In 1630, while the French and the Dutch were building trade links with the Native Americans and other groups of people, a large quantity of English immigrants began to spill on to the shores of New England. By 1643, 16,000 colonists were living in the new Massachusetts Bay colony. Unlike their neighbors the French and the Dutch, the English began to transform their surroundings in order to fit their needs. They replaced surrounding forests in to fields for growing crops...
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